Harmonie and two-tone intermodulation distortion analyses of the inverted InGaAs/InAlAs/InP HBT

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1135-1137

  Li, Bin ^a   Prasad, Sheila ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Distortion; Heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT); Intermodulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; HARMONIC GENERATION; INTERMODULATION; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

EBERS-MOLL MODELS; TWO-TONE INTERMODULATION DISTORTION;

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0031185433     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.598453     Document Type: Article

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